Show B SILVER Inventor Uses Machine to Support tion Plea tion-Plea Plea WASHINGTON WASHINGTON- Feb 22 UP UP- UP Walter Waiter E. E Trent inventor engineer of the the in a demo demonstration tra- tra lion tion of at his machine before the house coinage committee e today sought to show that t on of ot silver would aid industrial al recovery He Het t testified d that the theoretical v value lue of f s 's sliver silver as compared with g gold is 12 12 to 1 on a b basis is of available silver and gold supplies Trent held it essential that tt congress ss rec recognize the Importance nc of silver as an an industrial indus indus- trial key metal He said that the present government price for newly mined silver at t cents per per ounce is ineffective because it is not high enough to effect the mining g o of silver silver which is usually produced in conjunCtion conjunction conjunction tion with other m metals He held al also that a a good price for silver is essential to the prosperity of China Trent told the committee there was no nod danger nger a of the m market being flooded with silver unless there is also ao a flood of ot prosperity bec because e silver is mined with other metals metal He endeavored to demonstrate also that the depression in the Unit United d States had its roots In the coal Sit situa situation a- a tI tion n which he described as the suffering suffering suf suf- fering sore ore from rom which industrial de depression spread read I dC-I |